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Latest report suggests Vladimir Guerrero Jr. won't debut Tuesday

With the biggest moment of the Toronto Blue Jays season imminent, there have been reports flying around left, right, and centre about the exact date of Vladimir Guerrero Jr.’s arrival.

Right now, it’s not exactly clear what’s to be believed, but Bob Nightengale of USA Today threw his hat into the ring on Monday suggesting that Vladdy will make his debut Tuesday, then retracted his report shortly after.

Nightengale has gone back on his previous statement, but there have been others who’ve also suggested that Vladdy is on his way imminently, like Hector Gomez and Rob Fai of Sportsnet 650.

Neither Fai nor Gomez has a lengthy track record of breaking Blue Jays news, but that doesn’t mean they’re necessarily wrong.

FILE - In this March 6, 2019, file photo, Toronto Blue Jays third baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr. watches during the second inning of a spring training baseball game against the Philadelphia Phillies in Dunedin, Fla. The Blue Jays top prospect says he feels ready to finally make the jump to the majors, while adding the decision is out of his control. Blue Jays assistant general manager Joe Sheehan said this week the team is still evaluating when to make the move. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)
Blue Jays fans can't wait to see Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (Chris O'Meara/AP)

With Nightengale’s latest update, there’s a fair amount of skepticism about that date, and the 20-year-old phenom has yet to play on three consecutive days in Triple-A, a minor milestone for his recovery from a spring training oblique injury.

Friday still looks like a logical option, and a good night to make the debut an event. It also gives the Kevin Pillar return some space, and Guerrero Jr. a couple more days to ready himself.

Everyone and their mother, and their mother’s friends, and those friends’ dental hygienists, and their psychics, wants to see Vladdy ASAP. Now that service time isn’t a consideration, so do the Blue Jays. This is going to happen sooner or later.

Whether it happens Tuesday is probably still up for debate.

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